.1 Reigned in 1750 - 1792 B.C.
.2 Hammurabi code of laws is one of the greatest of ancient codes.
.3 His laws are carved on a diorite column in 3,600 lines of cuneiform, it was found in 1902 at Susa and is now at Paris.
.4 Hammurabi is also know as Khammurapikh
.5 Made the 'Eye for an eye' law
.6 282 laws originally in number
.7 Marriage,inheritance,slavery,debt,activities of trader, farmer, and tavern keeper are some of the subjects that Hammurabi wrote about .
.8 Hammurabi’s code is the oldest set of laws known to exist.
.9 Hammurabi's law codes protected all classses of Babylonian society.
.10 Hammurabi’s Code is 44 columns of text, 28 paragraphs of which contain the actual code.